Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia

Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia

Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia

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2020•24 min•FR

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What is fatphobia and what can be done to overcome it? With poetic illustrations and painful, compelling testimony, Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia offers multiple examples of the psychological effects of weight-based discrimination and bullying on adolescent girls.

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